New Town (Colchester electoral ward)

New Town
Electoral ward for Colchester Borough Council
New Town ward (in red) displayed within Colchester Borough
Ward Information
Created	Unknown
Abolished	2016
Councillors	3
Electorate	6,606 (2015)
Created from	Unknown
Replaced by	New Town & Christ Church
Overlaps
Parliament constituency	Colchester (Unknown-1983; 1997-present) Colchester South & Maldon (1983-1997)
County division	Abbey
European Parliament constituency	East of England

New Town was an electoral ward in Colchester, England that was within the boundary of Colchester Borough Council, to which it elected 3 councillors. The ward existed from at least 1976 to 2016, when it was abolished and became parts of New Town & Christ Church and Old Heath & The Hythe.

History

New Town ward covered the New Town neighbourhood and the western portion of The Hythe neighbourhood. The ward existed from at least the 1976 election and was abolished at the 2016 election. The New Town portion of the ward was amalgamated with Christ Church to form New Town & Christ Church ward. The Hythe portion of the ward was amalgamated with Old Heath and East Donyland wards to form Old Heath & The Hythe.

Mayor of Colchester and former Colchester MP, Sir Bob Russell represented New Town ward from 1976-2002.

Ward councillor Theresa Higgins was appointed Mayor of Colchester for the year 2015-2016.

Former counselors

Name	Party		Years in Office
Sir Bob Russell	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour	1976-1982
	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Social Democratic	1982-1989
	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	1982-1989
D. Williams	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour	1976-1978
J. Bensusan-Butt	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour	1976-1978
J. Orpe	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour	1978-1982
R. Evans	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	1982-1986
J. Coleman	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	1983-1990
Y. Edkins	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	1986-1990
J. Stevens	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	1990-2000
S. Haylock	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	1990-1999
Theresa Higgins		Liberal Democrats	1999-2016
S. Gray	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	2000-2002
Margaret Fisher	width="1" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	2002-2011
Peter Higgins		Liberal Democrats	2002-2016
Annie Feltham		Liberal Democrats	2011-2016

Note: Liberal Democrats elected prior to 1988 were elected under the SDP-Liberal Alliance, Liberal or SDP monikers.